plads

See also: plads'

Danish

Etymology

Via Middle Low German plātze and Old French place from Latin platēa, a loan from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), substantive of πλατύς (platús, broad). The Low German form was also borrowed to Late Old Norse plaz and Swedish plats.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plas/, [pl̥æs̺]

Noun

plads c (singular definite pladsen, plural indefinite pladser)

  1. place
  2. seat
  3. position
  4. berth
  5. room
  6. space
  7. job

Inflection

Declension of plads
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative plads pladsen pladser pladserne
genitive plads' pladsens pladsers pladsernes

Derived terms